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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: Elizabeth Catim <lizkatim@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:44:29 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Transfer of my inheritance...
DEAR,
MY NAME IS MISS.ELIZABETH CATIM,26 YEARS OLD AND THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE CHIEF.POLYCARP CATIM, FROM ZULU-NATAL IN THE RPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA.
MY REQUEST MIGHT COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BUT WITH DUE RESPECT,I CONSIDER WRITING YOU FOR ASSISTANCE.
MY FATHER WAS AN AGRICULTURIST AND MADE HIS MONEY FROM THE SALE OF COCOA AND GOLD IN SOUTH AFRICA AND WAS PLANNING TO ESTABLISH A COCOA FARM IN (LOME)TOGO WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF HIS TOGOLESE FRIEND BEFORE HE MET HIS UNTIMELY DEATH PRECISELY A WEEK AFTER HIS RETURN FROM HIS TRIP.
HE DIED AS A RESULT OF THE GHASTLY MOTOR ACCIDENT HE HAD WITH MY MOTHER,MY MOTHER DIED INSTANTLY BUT MY FATHER DIED FOUR DAYS LATER IN A HOSPITAL, AS IF MY FATHER KNEW , HE REMINDED ME THAT HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF TWENTY MILLION US DOLLAR (20.000.000.00) IN A SUSPENCE ACCOUNT WITH A BANK IN (LOME)TOGO AND ADVICED ME TO CONTACT A FOREIGNER TO ASSIST ME TRANSFER/INVEST THE MONEY(PRECISELY IN YOUR COUNTRY)HE GAVE ME THE DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE AND LODGEMENT PAPERS.SO THAT I CAN RETRIEVE THIS MONEY.
AFTER THE DEATH OF MY FATHER,MY UNCLE TOOK THE PROPERTIES HE LEFT BEHIND,REMAINING ONLY OUR FAMILY HOUSE IN ZULU-NATAL AND THIS FUND WITH A BANK IN LOME,TOGO.HE TRIED EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO COLLECT THE DOCUMENTS FROM ME.BUT ALL HIS EFFORTS FAILED.I HAVE ARRIVED IN (LOME)TOGO, LOCATED THE BANK AND COMFIRMED THE DEPOSIT.
NOW WITH MOST HONEST AND CONFIDENTIALITY, I AM
SOLICITING YOUR ASSISTANCE TO MOVE THIS MONEY TO YOUR SAFE ACCOUNT ABROAD SO THAT WE WOULD INVEST THE MONEY IN REAL ESTATE,AGRICULTURE OR ANY OTHER LUCRATIVE BUSINESS .
THIS MONEY IS THE ONLY THING LEFT FOR ME , SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVEST IT WISELY.A HANDSOME REWARD AWAITS YOU AS YOU CONSIDER TO ASSIST ME TRANSFER THIS MONEY FOR INVESTMENT,YOUR PERCENTAGE FOR THE ASSISTANCE WOULD BE DISCUSSED ON YOUR POSITIVE RESPONSE TO THIS REQUEST.
I AWAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU SO THAT WE WILL
DISCUSS THE MODALITIES.
THANKS AND GOD BLESS
BEST REGARDS,
MISS.ELIZABETH CATIM
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